When Love Breaks by Jack

Chapter 282

Standing outside the city hall, I felt a sense of liberation like never before

Christine had wanted to stay with me, but I insisted she go on ahead.

After all, I had embarked on this journey alone, it was only fitting I face its conclusion solo as well.

Watching the traffic flow by, observing couples either entering gleefully to tie the knot or exiting with faces devoid of emation, signaling their union’s end, it was easy to tell apart those getting married fmm those getting divorced

The breakdown of a relationship is seldom graceful.

I

Thankfully, Bryant and I didn’t have that problem. He was as indifferent to me as I had mistakenly been in love with him for eight years. What I hadn’t expected was for Bryant not to show up alone. He stepped out from a shiny black Mercedes, followed by Dorothy

He acted as cold and distant as always, like nothing was wrong, just throwing it out there. “Let’s go in,” with the nonchalance of someone about to grab a burger rather than finalize a divorce,

His habitual indifference was on full display.

murmured, lowering my eyes

made to follow us in, Bryant’s lips curled into a smile that didn’t reach his eyes, his voice dropping a degree colder “What, afraid nl trick you with a fake divorce

think that of me! It’s just… I want to marry you

back into the car “Fine then,

smoother than I had

those fresh divorce certificates made me

lighter.

linger, extending my

copy. “Hand

over my photo, his

“I’m fine.”

this facade of concem? I snatched the divorce certificate from his hand, “From now

slow as it cautioning, “Good.

“the person who helped me eight years

in love with him until

self–mocking smile playing on his

you

sound like

the black Mercedes